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Building Collective Memory: The Documentary Photography of Newsha Tavakolian.
| Title: | Building Collective Memory: The Documentary Photography of Newsha Tavakolian. |
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| Authors: | Huard, Marie mvh6178@psu.edu |
| Source: | Art Education. Mar2022, Vol. 75 Issue 2, p61-66. 6p. |
| Abstract: | The author presents an instructional resource that examines photographs from documentary photography series by Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian. Topics discussed include the interest of Western media in Tavakolian's photographs, the life of Iranian women as the subject of her photographs, her use of photography to build collective memory, and her photographs of her Hajj to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. |
| Subject Terms: | *Documentary photography, *Women in art, *Photographs, Pilgrimage to Mecca |
| People: | Tavakolian, Newsha |
| ISSN: | 00043125 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00043125.2021.2009276 |
| Database: | Art & Architecture Complete |
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